Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Wales Audit Office
24 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ
UK
Contact person: Adam James-Price
Telephone: +44 2920320500
E-mail: adam.james-price@audit.wales
Fax: +44 2920320600
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.audit.wales
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0519
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Audit
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Legal Advice and Related Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79111000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Wales Audit Office (WAO) and the Auditor General for Wales (AGW) require legal advice on a range of topics and issues relevant to their statutory functions. As such, the WAO wishes to procure and implement a Framework Agreement for the provision of external Legal Advice and Related Services, for both the WAO and the AGW.
The advice required will typically relate to either the WAO’s provision of services to the AGW or the AGW’s statutory work.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
182 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79100000
79110000
79112000
79140000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Wales
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Wales Audit Office (WAO) and the Auditor General for Wales (AGW) require legal advice on a range of topics and issues relevant to their statutory functions. As such, the WAO wishes to procure and implement a Framework Agreement for the provision of external Legal Advice and Related Services, for both the WAO and the AGW.
The advice required will typically relate to either the WAO’s provision of services to the AGW or the AGW’s statutory work.
The Framework Agreement will consist of 2 Suppliers on a tiered basis. Both will be expected to provide Legal Advice and Related Services when required, but call-offs will always go to the Tier 1 Supplier in the first instance and then will be offered to the Tier 2 Supplier thereafter should the Tier 1 Supplier be unable to provide the services in that instance for whatever reason.
The requirement, in terms of the main, broad areas of law on which the WAO and AGW may require advice are:
- a) Audit
- b) General Public Business
These are not separate Lots and it should be noted that in practice matters often overlap. The successful Suppliers must therefore be able to provide all of the required services under both areas of law.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: TQ1a
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: TQ1b
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: TQ2
/ Weighting: 9
Quality criterion: TQ3
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: TQ4
/ Weighting: 9
Quality criterion: SQ1a
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: SQ1b
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: SQ2a
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: SQ2b
/ Weighting: 6
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 025-055866
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/06/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Acuity Legal
3 Assembly Square, Britannia Quay
Cardiff
CF10 4PL
UK
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP
Thames Exchange, 10 Queen Street Place
London
EC4R 1BE
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 182 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:93649)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Wales Audit Office
24 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ
UK
Telephone: +44 2920320500
Fax: +44 2920320600
Internet address(es)
URL: www.audit.wales
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/07/2019